Firefly

Backed byVertex
Total raised$23.0M
StageSeries A
Hiring pace2 roles / 90d
Founded2024
Team size11-50
HQNew York, NY
IndustriesWorkplace SafetyIoTAI/MLSaaSHardware

About Firefly

Firefly aims to create safety for the modern workplace. It combines hardware and AI to detect issues and deliver help exactly when and where it’s needed. The company positions itself as shaking up the $30B workplace safety market. It is backed by top venture capital firms.

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Company at a glance

Location
New York, NY
Websitefirefly.co
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Founders & Leadership

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Alexis O.

Building at Firefly

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Alex Penn

Founder & CTO at Firefly

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Antoine Salamitou

Founding SWE at Firefly

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Bryan Valletta

Software Engineer at Firefly

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James Batt Buckley

Founder & CEO at Firefly

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Engineering44%
  • Sales & Business Development25%
  • Leadership13%
  • Design13%
  • No Information6%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  2. 2.Northeastern University
  3. 3.University of St Andrews
  4. 4.Harvard University
  5. 5.Princeton University

Team Worked At

  • Honeywell
  • Verkada
  • Abacus.AI
  • IBM
  • NVIDIA

Team Composition

15 people
  • Engineering2 senior7
  • Entrepreneurship2 senior2
  • Consulting1
  • Leadership1 senior1
  • Marketing1

Funding History

Series AMay 2024

$23M

raised

Cloud asset-management startup Firefly raised a $23M Series A led by Vertex; Hanaco and SoftBank returned, with new strategic investors InMotion Ventures and Redseed.

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Life at Firefly

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